I'm going to guide you through a practice to tame your inner critic.
Now we all have an inner critic and it's actually there to serve a very important function in our lives.
It's what we might call the negative mind or the discerning mind.
And it's this part of ourselves that helps us to find our no,
To find our safe boundary.
And in its highest function,
It is actually there to be our protector.
However this aspect when it's left untended to can become disruptive,
Like it's running on semi-constants in the background.
However we can barely notice it because it's become so normal.
But over time it's attacking and vicious remarks can really erode our sense of self-worth.
It can sabotage our happiness and compromise our overall sense of well-being.
So the key to taming this inner critic is to first listen to it.
So it sounds counterintuitive but by listening to it we actually bring it out of the shadow and into the light of awareness.
And when we take it out of shadow it actually loses its power over us.
However if we ignore it,
It only gets louder and louder until it finally gets our conscious attention.
So I'm going to guide you now through this simple process to bring into awareness your inner critic so that we can tame it and take back your personal power.
And I'd like you to close your eyes now and invite your inner critic into presence.
Now for the next couple of minutes I'd like you to listen to what it is saying and really let it rant,
As counterintuitive as this may seem to you.
And you might be surprised at how scathing and how intense its criticisms are of you.
And now I'd like you to say to your inner critic,
Thank you for sharing your opinion,
For that's all it really is,
An opinion.
And I'd like you now to invite your higher self to come into presence with you.
So the higher self is the aspect of you that speaks much more lovingly.
It's your inner ambassador if you like.
And this is an aspect you may not have given so much air time to until now.
And I'd like you to listen to what your higher self has to say.
And again,
We'll allow it to speak or to share for a couple of minutes.
And you might find that whatever your higher self shares,
There's a part of you that wants to reject it.
And you find there is a resistance to receive the praise from your higher self.
But just allow whatever it has to share to flow,
To flow over and through you.
Okay,
So you've listened to the inner critic and you've listened to your higher self.
And now you get to choose which one you want to listen to,
You want to take on board.
And if you practice this daily for at least a week,
Or maybe even a few times a day to begin with,
You will start to really notice that quite quickly your inner critic begins to tone down in its intensity.
And it might even start speaking some sense,
Because gradually it will step more and more into its role,
The role it was always meant to become,
Which is your protector.
And you can revisit this process as often as you like,
Especially when you're experiencing excessive negative thoughts and feelings,
Or you're feeling particularly down on yourself.
And over time you'll start to see that the results of this practice can be really transformational.
